Mosaic took way too long to get started as a series and now all that feet-dragging is coming home to roost, cutting the new series off at the knees before it has a chance to really get going. All the promise in this issue is buried by rushed place-setting. Read Full Review

Morris flirts with Iso and self-awareness, summarizes IvX, breaks with the Inhumans, and falls bass-ackwards into a fight with Diablo and Moloids. This issue puts in some solid storytelling work on explaining Mosaic's powers, a decent romance with Iso, and Morris struggling with selfishness. In each case, though, the author neglects to stick the landing, and the last act takes a rather unwelcome turn into conventional villain-bashing as Mosaic stumbles arbitrarily into a chance to be a hero. Bruno Oliveira's art is vibrant and dynamic but a little unpolished. There are seeds of greatness here but they're not being tended properly.